Abhimanyu Easwaran registered a brilliant unbeaten century to keep India B alive in the Duleep Trophy 2024 second-round match against India C on Saturday, September 14. The match is likely to result in a draw after India B scored a total of 309/7 in their reply to India C's first innings total of 525 on Day 3 in Anantpur.
Starting Day 3 from 124/0, India B witnessed an embarrassing collapse in the first session. Both Easwaran and Jagadeesan managed to add just five more runs before the latter lost his wicket in the 40th over.
Haryana's pace all-rounder Anshul Kamboj took all first five wickets to stumble India B to 194/5 but Easwaran played a captain's knock by scoring 143* off 262 balls to keep his team alive. He remained alive at the end of the day's play as India B managed to score a total of 309/7 in 101 overs.
Musheer Khan failed to replicate his first-round heroics today as he was dismissed after scoring one run. Sarfaraz Khan also failed to impress while Rinku Singh, playing his first match of the season, managed to add just six runs.
Kamboj, 23, was the hero of the day as he displayed his bowling skills with five big wickets for India C. Vijaykumar Vyshak and Mayank Markande also picked one wicket each in the closing stages but Easwaran managed to push India B past 300 total.
Meanwhile, in the other second-round fixture India A vs India D is expected to produce a result on Day 4. India A declared their second innings on 380/3 after opener Pratham Singh and the star batter Tilak Varma produced brilliant centuries. India D lost their struggling opener Atharva Taide on a duck while chasing a big 488-run target and scored a total of 62/1 at the end of the day's play.
